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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Baldman" data-source="post: 3786658" data-attributes="member: 15080">Dude you rephrase all you want but it's obvious your just pulling stuff out of thin air trying to justify your position without any data to back anything up (unlike myself).Almost all our events sell out in pre-reg. The ONLY reason you can get into them is I (yes me personally) am smart enough to realize the demand that is there for on the spot games  and schedule in extra judges on our most popular events above and beyond what is in the system. This way I can handle the onsite player base that just picks up generics and wander around looking to play games. It keeps everybody happy and everybody coming back. I have over 200 judges putting in over 6,000 total man hours of work to make what we do at Gencon happen. Nobody else comes close. Call it generic or call it crap but we give more people a great time at the show then anybody else.To call all RPGA DM's lesser compared to your 'premiere' DMs is just sad. The broad stroke of the brush there shows exactly where you are coming from and the lack of any real substance to your arguement. I have judges I would put up against anybody this side of Monte Cook or Gary (and I've played with both and I know). I can sit them down for 15 hours a day and throw a random group of 6 people between 1st and 15th level at them and I will guarantee 6 happy people walking away from that table 5 hours later. I can sit them down for an entire day running young kids through D&D for Beginners and watch kids smile and learn the joy of D&D for the first time and dragging their parents back to the dealer hall to buy them some books and dice. Both of those take skill. It takes being able to think on your feet and adjust to the styles of the players at your table. You need to be able to crunch numbers like a god to keep the table of all 15th level power gaming munchkins happy just so five hours latter the group of all 13 year old kids with 1st level characters all named Bruce can stretch your talent in another direction. It takes skill and I am proud to say the core of my judge legions has that in spades and I'll put it up against any other group any day of the week. I'm not bashing any group because I don't fly that way. I am just saying we're good, we've shown it, and we've earned it. Independant judges doing their thing is great. I want to take nothing away from that. I've had some great games in my days and I have had some stinkers as well. No better or worse then what most expect of us. What we give though is a set base of what to expect when you sit down. You know the rules of the game when you sit down. You know what character you will have because it's yours. You know that if a judge does get a rule wrong there is an extablished way to get it fixed. You know for your dollar you are going to get a prepared judge who will be on time and professional. His or her DM'ing style but night always be your cup of tea but realize your playing style might not be his either but he's still doing his best to give you a good time. Okay I've ranted enough. Dave CRPGA DM and damn proud of it</blockquote>

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